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Joseph Woods (abolitionist)
Joseph Woods may refer to: * Joseph Woods (architect) (1776–1864), English Quaker architect, botanist and geologist * Joseph Woods (engineer) (1816-1849) * Joseph Woods (Province of Canada politician) * Joseph Andrew Woods (1870–1925), politician in Northern Ireland * Joseph A. Woods Jr. (1925–2013), American lawyer from Alabama * Joseph Woods (poet) (born 1966), Irish poet See also * Joe Woods (other) * Joseph Wood (other) {{hndis, Woods, Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Woods (architect)
Joseph Woods (24 August 1776 – 9 January 1864) was an English Quaker architect, botanist and geologist born in the village of Stoke Newington, a few miles north of the City of London. A Member of the Society of Antiquaries, and an Honorary Member of the Society of British Architects, he was also elected a Linnean Society, Fellow of the Linnean Society and a Geological Society, Fellow of the Geological Society in recognition of his original research. Family background His mother was Mary (or Margaret) Hoare, daughter of Samuel Hoare (1716-1796), a London merchant from an Irish background, and Grizell Gurnell (1722? - 1802), of Ealing. The Hoares lived on what is now Stoke Newington Church Street, opposite Clissold Park. in 1824; and Samuel Hoare Jr, Samuel Jr, a banker and abolitionist. His father, Joseph Woods the elder, was an abolitionist. He and Samuel Hoare Jr were two of the four Quaker founders of the London Abolition Committee, the predecessor body to the Committee f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Woods (engineer)
Joseph Woods (1816 - 1849) was an English engineer and entrepreneur active in the middle of the nineteenth century. He worked closely with William Siemens when the later first came to England. Woods was born in London in 1816, the son of Samuel Woods, a merchant. In 1844 Joseph Woods registered the patent for anastatic lithography with the British Patent Office. In 1847 he was a founding member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) is an independent professional association and learned society headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that represents mechanical engineers and the engineering profession. With over 110,000 member ..., being allocated membership number 56. References {{England-engineer-stub 1816 births 1849 deaths English mechanical engineers 19th-century English engineers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Woods (Province Of Canada Politician)
Joseph Woods was a politician in the Province of Canada, which had been formed by the merger of Upper Canada and Lower Canada in early 1841. Woods served two terms in the Legislative Assembly of the new province. He was elected in 1841 to the first Parliament of the Province of Canada, representing the riding of Kent in Canada West (now Ontario). He was defeated in the general election of 1844, but re-elected in a subsequent by-election in 1845 when the Kent seat became vacant. Woods was a Compact Tory, a conservative who supported the Family Compact, the oligarchic group which had controlled the government of Upper Canada prior to the merger with Lower Canada. In the general election of 1841 for the first Parliament, he won the election for the Kent riding, defeating Reform candidate Samuel Bealey Harrison. The election was hotly contested, and the returning officer refused to make a return of the writ. Woods successfully petitioned the Legislative Assembly to be de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Andrew Woods
Joseph Andrew Woods (1870–1925) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Woods worked as a shipyard carpenter, and then as an insurance secretary. Despite having no political experience, he was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party member of the first Senate of Northern Ireland The Senate of Northern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973. Powers In practice the Se ... in 1921, serving until his death just over four years later.John F. Harbinson, ''The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973'', p.205 References 1870 births Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1921–1925 Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1925 deaths {{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph A
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef (given name), Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish language, Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian language, Persian, the name is , and in Turkish language, Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil language, Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Woods (poet)
Joseph Woods is an Irish poet born in Drogheda, Ireland. He moved with his family to Harare, Zimbabwe in 2016, where he works as a poet, writer and editor. Life Born in Drogheda in 1966, he studied biology and chemistry and worked for periods as an industrial chemist, teacher and school principal. He was awarded an MA in poetry (Lancaster University) under the direction of James Simmons. He lived and worked in Kyoto, Japan in the early 1990s and travelled for long periods in Asia, in particular China and India and later in Latin America. He was a director of Poetry Ireland, the national organisation for the support and promotion of poets and poetry from 2001 to 2013. Moving with his family to Yangon, Myanmar in the summer of 2013, they lived there until post-democratic elections at the end of 2015. In January 2016, his family moved to Harare, Zimbabwe. They continue to live in Zimbabwe. Woods has published four collections of poetry and for his first, ''Sailing to Hokkaido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Woods (other)
Joe Woods may refer to: * Joe Wood (footballer) (1904–1972), or Joe Woods, Australian rules footballer * Joe Woods (American football) (born 1970), American football coach See also * Joseph Woods (other) {{hndis, Woods, Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
